Girindra Selleck's Opera & Acting Adventures

Hello! My name is Girindra Selleck, I have done many operas and plays, but my real passion lies in the film industry. I have wanted to be an actor since I was four.

In the film world, I see myself in movies such as Oceans 11, 12, and 13, The Thomas Crown Affair, Unaccompanied Minors, the Friends TV Show, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, comedic roles, and action roles.

My dream role is Pendragon in the Pendragon series.

Some of my skills useful in the film world are my sword fighting training, my horseback riding skills, my acting abilities (obviously), my comic abilities, my ability to do different voices, and of course my will to be in movies.

Some of my favorite actors are Matthew Perry, Brad Pitt, David Schwimmer, Matt Le Blanc, Matt Damon, Robert DeNiro, Ben Stiller, Al Pacino, Denzel Washington, Bill Murray, and more.

I know I have potential to be in movies. Email me at operablog-108 "at" sneakemail dot com if you have a role that I could audition for.

Here are some pictures from the roles I have done:







My first performance in THE MAGIC FLUTE in the role of the First Spirit was in English with the Des Moines Metro Opera, under the direction of Dr. Robert Larsen in 2006. I also sang Peaseblossom in MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Sam the Chimney Sweep in THE LITTLE SWEEP, plus Children's Chorus in CARMEN and OTELLO in the 2007 season at DMMO.

Girindra Selleck, First Spirit with John Michael Moore as Papageno.

Three Spirits with Talise Trevigne as Pamina in Dress Rehearsal


Girindra Selleck, First Spirit in Flying Cloud


Magic Flute Finale Dress Rehearsal

Puccini's LA BOHEME
In March 2007 I performed (along with my Mom, Soprano Ulrike Selleck
(www.UlrikeSelleck.com) in Puccini's LA BOHEME at the
University of Iowa Martha Ellen Tye Opera Theater in Iowa City, Iowa.

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Britten's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
In June and July 2007 I performed the principal role of Peaseblossom in Benjamin Britten's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM with the Des Moines Metro Opera.
Our production gained an accolade from Opera News, the leading opera review magazine in New York:
“Conductor Larsen joyfully illuminated Britten's ingenious, ephemeral sound worlds … the fairies glittered visually and vocally”.
June 23, July 6, 10 & 14, 2007 at 7:30pm; July 1, 2007 at 2:00pm Tickets: (515) 961-6221 or DMMO online.

Britten's THE LITTLE SWEEP

I also performed the part of Sam, the title role, in Benjamin Britten's charming
one-act opera THE LITTLE SWEEP with the Des Moines Metro Opera in July 2007.
It was a delightful Dickensian story about a mistreated chimney sweep boy
(Girindra) who is finally liberated from his tormentors. Great fun!

Bizet's CARMEN
I also performed in Bizet's CARMEN sung in French with the Des Moines Metro Opera. June 22, 29, July 7 & 12, 2007 at 7:30pm;

June 24 & July 15, 2007 2:00pm

Verdi's OTELLO
And I performed in Verdi's OTELLO sung in Italian with the Des Moines Metro Opera.

Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE
In January 2008 at the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre I sang the part of the Erster Knabe (First Spirit) in Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE in German, under the direction of Daniel Kleinknecht.

Tickets: 319-366-8591 or online: http://www.theatrecr.org

Girindra as Erster Knabe, John Muriello as Papageno


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My first performance in THE MAGIC FLUTE with DMMO: Three Spirits in Rehearsal

Dennis Hendrickson, DMMO Voice Coach;
Girindra Selleck, First Spirit;
Andrew Bartlett, Second Spirit;
Jonathan Beatty, Third Spirit

Three Spirits in Dress Rehearsal

Girindra Selleck, First Spirit; and John Michael Moore as Papageno in Dress Rehearsal

Girindra Selleck, First Spirit; and Eric Fennell as Tamino in Dress Rehearsal.

Girindra Selleck, First Spirit; and Jonathan Beatty, Third Spirit

If you would like to hear audio clips of the arias I sing with the other Spirits, please email me at operablog-108 "at" sneakemail dot com for updated links to these mp3 files.

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The Magic Flute is a highly symbolic story that draws on Mozart's experience with Freemasonry. For interesting background information, open these links in a new browser window:
http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/mozart_a/TheMagicFlute.html
and
http://www.dogstar.dantimax.dk/magflute/flutetxt.html




More about Girindra
I have liked opera since I was little. My favorite operas are The Magic Flute, Midsummer Night's Dream, Don Giovanni, Turandot, Carmen and La Boheme. I have seen operas in Germany, Chicago, New York, London, Kansas City, Iowa, St. Louis and Paris.

All in all, my favorite arias are Papageno's "Der Vogelfaenger bin ich ja" and "Ein Maedchen oder Weibchen", as well as Don Giovanni's "Fin ch'han dal vino," Rodolfo's "Che gelida manina," the Commendatore's "Don Giovanni," and the Queen of the Night arias from THE MAGIC FLUTE.


My dream role is Papageno, but I will have to wait a few years to perform it.
My favorite opera singers are Simon Keenlyside, Bryn Terfel, Anna Netrebko, Cecilia Bartoli, and Placido Domingo. My favorite conductors are Dr. Robert Larsen, Dr. Daniel Kleinknecht, James Levine and Claudio Abbado.

I have seen countless plays, operas etc. both in Europe and America. My 1^st play was when I was 6 months old and I sat on my Mom's lap through Shakespeare’s Midsummer's Night Dream directed by Rodney Franz.

I have seen many of Shakespeare’s plays at the Globe Theatre in London and at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. I really liked Spamalot (a take-off on Monty Python’s Holy Grail film) and The Lion King.

I study voice with Dennis Hendrickson at DMMO and Stephen Swanson at the University of Iowa. In addition, my Mom, Ulrike Selleck (www.UlrikeSelleck.com) who is a soprano, coaches me. I studied acting with Lucia Rich, Rodney Franz and with my father, Thomas Selleck, who studied with Marcel Marceau’s teacher, Etienne Decroux and I've taken theatre workshops in London. I study sword fighting with Kendall Wells, who is a student of Anthony Delongis.




My previous roles were in The Nutcracker, party boy and soldier; The Mikado, Titwillow bird; Shakespeare Gala, dancer; Prahlad’s Boon, Prahlad; and a national TV commercial for Wahl Clipper Corporation. I invite you to email me at operablog-108 "at" sneakemail dot com

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